Sussex Review

Fenwick Island ranked 17th among cities in Delaware by annual earnings per resident, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau in August.

The median income of Fenwick Island residents was an inflation-adjusted $40,221 per year. Fenwick Island had 228 households in 2017, with a population of 436.

The city with the highest median resident income in the state was Henlopen Acres. Henlopen Acres's median income was $81,250 per year after adjusting for inflation – $41,029 more than Fenwick Island. It had 85 households in 2017 and a population of 185.

Newark had the lowest annual resident income among cities in Delaware, with a median income of only $17,159 per year. That was $23,062 less than the median income in Fenwick Island at the time. Newark had 10,230 households in 2017 and a population of 33,243.

The table below shows the top 74 cities ranked by median annual resident earnings in 2017.

Rank	City	Earnings per resident ($$$)
1	Henlopen Acres	81,250
2	Rehoboth Beach	56,167
3	Pike Creek	56,144
4	Greenville	55,541
5	North Star	54,826
6	St. Georges	52,701
7	Hockessin	52,441
8	Bethany Beach	46,313
9	Wyoming	42,429
10	Dewey Beach	41,765
11	Glasgow	41,582
12	Townsend	41,569
13	Arden	41,172
14	Riverview	41,031
15	Hartly	40,833
16	Pike Creek Valley	40,679
17	Fenwick Island	40,221
18	Middletown	40,191
19	Highland Acres	39,982
20	Millville	38,534
21	Slaughter Beach	38,438
22	New Castle	37,525
23	South Bethany	37,188
24	Viola	36,875
25	Odessa	36,612
26	Bellefonte	36,402
27	Lewes	36,074
28	Ocean View	35,991
29	Edgemoor	34,340
30	Bear	32,696
31	Wilmington Manor	32,532
32	Smyrna	32,293
33	Camden	32,064
34	Ardencroft	32,031
35	Dover Base Housing	31,579
36	Houston	31,103
37	Claymont	30,661
38	Brookside	30,561
39	Dagsboro	30,507
40	Clayton	30,503
41	Milton	30,226
42	Elsmere	30,158
43	Bethel	29,886
44	Milford	28,865
45	Delaware City	28,855
46	Felton	28,571
47	Kent Acres	27,977
48	Frederica	27,813
49	Leipsic	27,813
50	Bowers	27,321
51	Little Creek	26,563
52	Magnolia	26,458
53	Bridgeville	26,343
54	Blades	26,318
55	Millsboro	26,304
56	Seaford	26,234
57	Cheswold	26,169
58	Wilmington	25,975
59	Selbyville	25,925
60	Long Neck	25,690
61	Frankford	25,541
62	Greenwood	25,089
63	Ellendale	24,500
64	Harrington	24,464
65	Newport	24,350
66	Woodside	23,897
67	Dover	22,882
68	Georgetown	22,551
69	Farmington	21,786
70	Kenton	21,324
71	Delmar	20,591
72	Laurel	19,980
73	Woodside East	19,083
74	Newark	17,159

* All values are inflation-adjusted